Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi

36 Pages Posted: 12 Oct 2011

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Graziella Bertocchi

Università di Modena; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Arcangelo Dimico

Queen's University Belfast - Queen's Management School; Queen's University Belfast

Date Written: October 2011

Abstract

We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the 1950s. Finally, we turn to the determinants of a broad array of development indicators for the year 1960 and for the 1960-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force driving the above outcomes.

Keywords: development, education, inequality, institutions, race

JEL Classification: E25, H52, J15, N31, O11, P16

Suggested Citation

Bertocchi, Graziella and Dimico, Arcangelo, Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi (October 2011). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8589, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1942755

Graziella Bertocchi (Contact Author)

Università di Modena; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

Rome, 00187
Italy

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Arcangelo Dimico

Queen's University Belfast - Queen's Management School ( email )

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Belfast, BT9 5EE
United Kingdom

Queen's University Belfast ( email )

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